[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [金光明經文句記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1786) › 2.68 # 金光明經文句記 2.68 金光明經文句記 2.68 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1786.2.68) 初、出行相。競執瓦礫者，用《大經》春池失珠諭也。春池，譬眾生塵欲耽湎之境。失珠，譬圓解潛昏。信小乘教如入水，修觀如求珠，但見偏真謂為究竟，如得瓦礫便謂真珠。生滅度安隱之想，猶如歡喜持出也。生實未盡者，猶受變易故。所作未辦者，佛道未修故。離毒說脫，乃一小脫。即毒明脫，名一切脫，大涅槃也。佛為上慢執著三毒，便為解脫，是故說離。聲聞住此謂究竟脫，其實未得一切解脫。此以《淨名》對《法華》，文出妄語相也。 > First, bringing out the characteristics of their practice. "Vying to grasp shards and gravel" uses the analogy of the spring pond and the lost jewel from the Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra. The spring pond analogizes the realm of sentient beings indulging in dust and desires. Losing the jewel analogizes the obscurement of the perfect understanding. Believing in the Hinayana teaching is like entering the water; cultivating contemplation is like seeking the jewel; seeing only biased truth and deeming it ultimate is like obtaining shards and gravel and deeming them genuine pearls. Giving rise to thoughts of tranquil extinction and security is like joyfully carrying them out. "Birth is truly not exhausted" because they still undergo transformative birth. "What had to be done is not completed" because they have not yet cultivated the Buddha-path. Preaching liberation apart from poison is a single, small liberation. Explaining liberation right within poison is called all-liberation, which is great nirvāṇa. Because those with overweening pride cling to the three poisons, the Buddha preached liberation for them, and for that reason preached detachment. Śrāvakas abide in this and deem it the ultimate liberation, but in truth they have not attained all-liberation. This aligns the Vimalakīrtinirdeśa with the Lotus Sūtra, the text bringing out the characteristics of false speech. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1786.2.67) - [Next: 2.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1786.2.69) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1786.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1786~en-mt.2.68) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1786.2.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1786.2.68) · Pramāṇa